SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Mustangs win championship
The Heppner Mustang
football team won the Co-
lumbia Basin Conference
championship with a con-
vincing 44-15 victory over
the Stanfield Tigers. It was
a cold and windy night, but
that didn’t stop the Mus-
tangs from dominating the
Tigers and claiming the
title. With the win, Heppner
clinched their 21st consecu-
tive state playoff berth.
Heppner scored on their
first possession of the game.
An 11 play, 51 yard drive
finished when quarterback
Jayden Wilson scored on a
six yard run. Beau Wolters
carried the ball in for the
two-point conversion to
give the Mustangs a 8-0
lead.
Stanfield got the ball
and looked as though they
would score on their first
drive. It was stopped when
Wilson intercepted a Tiger
pass at the four-yard line.
The Mustangs then drove
the length of the field for
another score. This ten play,
96 yard drive resulted in
a touchdown when Coby
Dougherty blasted through
the line and raced 34 yards
for the score. Dougherty
then caught a Wilson pass
for the two-conversion to
give the Mustangs a 16-0
lead early in the second
quarter.
The teams traded pos-
sessions and then the Mus-
tangs took over from near
midfield. A 25-yard run by
Wilson followed by a 13-
yard run from Dougherty
set up a one yard plunge by
Wilson for another touch-
down. The point after try
was no good and the Mus-
tangs now led 22-0. Stan-
field did score right before
the half to make the score
22-6 at the intermission.
The first time that Hep-
pner had the ball in the
second half they scored
again. A short five play
drive ended with another
touchdown when Wilson
ran the ball in from nine
Jayden Wilson hands the ball off to Coby Dougherty dur-
ing the Mustangs game against Stanfield on October 20th.
yards out. Gavin Hanna
Robinson scored the two-
point conversion to give the
Mustangs a 30-6 lead.
The bend but don’t
break Heppner defense got
the ball back near mid-field.
It took the offense only six
plays to score when Wilson
hit Dougherty with a screen
pass that he carried in for
the score from 29 yards
out. Wolters scored the two-
point conversion on a run
up the middle. That made
the score 38-6 at the end of
the third quarter.
The Heppner defense
forced another Stanfield
punt and the Mustangs
drove the ball 80 yards for
a score. A nine play drive
ended when Dougherty
scored from one yard out.
The PAT was no good and
it was now 44-8 in favor of
the Mustangs. Stanfield did
score a touchdown late in
the game to make the final
score 44-15.
Heppner ran the ball
for 284 yards and Stanfield
209. Passing yards for the
Mustangs was 79 and Stan-
field had 28. Total yardage
for the Mustangs was 363
and Stanfield had 237.
Wilson led the team in
rushing with 115 on 12 at-
tempts. Dougherty picked
up 108 yards on 18 carries
and Beau Wolters gained
53 on ten runs from scrim-
mage. Hanna Robinson
finished with five rush-
ing yards while Kannon
Wilkins and Blake Wolters
each gained one yard for the
Mustangs.
Wilson was 6-10 pass-
ing the ball for 79 yards
and a touchdown. He also
had one pass intercepted.
Dougherty led the team in
receiving with one catch
for 29 yards and a touch-
down. Beau Wolters caught
two balls for 22 yards and
Hanna Robinson had two
catches for 19 yards. Logan
Burright had one catch in
the game for nine yards.
Jason Rea led the de-
fense with 13 tackles. Der-
ek Howard was next with
seven and Hanna Robinson
finished with five. With four
tackles each were Wyatt
Steagall, Dakota Howard,
Matt Orem, Keegan Gibbs
and Tyler Carter. Carter
also intercepted a pass in
the game. Dougherty and
Charles Cason had three
tackles each for the Mus-
tangs. Finishing the game
with two tackles each were
Beau Wolters, Wilkins,
Nate Maret, Roy Collins
and Kellen Grant. With one
tackle each were Peyton
Lehman, Kevin Smith and
Wilson. Wilson also had an
interception in the game.
This Friday the Mus-
tangs have their final regu-
lar season game at home. It
is a non-conference match-
up with the 4A Corbett
Cardinals. The Cardinals
have a 2-5 record playing an
independent schedule this
year. Game time is set for
7 p.m. at Les Payne Field.
4-H fair results continue
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(required for all sheep exhibi-
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Mustang volleyball takes 2nd
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HAUNTED
HEPPNER
Trick or Treat event
Tuesday, October 31st
from 2-5 p.m.
Heppner businesses
will offer treats to
costumed children!
Look for orange signs
that say “Welcome to
Trick or Treat.”
Sheep Market, Blue, Sheep
Showmanship, Sheep Show-
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Serrano, Jolene, Cloth-
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Level 1 - Garment with skills
other than casing, Jr., Blue,
CH, Fashion Revue, Fash-
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only), Blue, CH, FCS Skill-a-
thon, FCS Skill-a-thon, Begin-
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Food and Nutrition, Biscuit,
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Heppner High School volleyball team: Back row (L-R): assistant coach Carrie Haguewood,
assistant coach Janelle Ellis, Jacee Currin, Jenna McCullough, Tresslyn McCurry, Sydney
Wilson, Madison Combe, Claire Grieb, Nicole Propheter, assistant coach Kellly Wilson,
head coach Mindy Wilson. Front row (L-R): Shayna Osmin, Sophie Grant, Morgan Correa,
Reiah Waite
Pictured (L-R): Sydney Wilson, 1 st team all-conference; Jenna McCullough, honorable
mention all-conference; Sophie Grant, 1 st team all-conference; Morgan Correa, 1 st team all-
conference; Jacee Currin, 2 nd team all-conference. -Photo by Staci Osmin
The Heppner Mustang
volleyball team punched
their ticket to the OSAA
2A State Volleyball playoffs
with a second place finish
at the CBC District Tour-
nament over the weekend.
The Mustangs (18-8) beat
the Pilot Rock Rockets on
their home floor to secure
the berth. They then lost
to the Culver Bulldogs in
the district championship
match.
Heppner beat the Rock-
ets in straight sets 25-21,
28-26, 25-22 to advance
to state. It was an excit-
ing match that was close
throughout. A large and
loud group of Mustang
fans packed the gym and
cheered on their team wild-
ly. It appeared that there
were more Heppner fans
in the building than there
were fans of the hometown
Rockets.
In the first set with Pilot
Rock, the score was tied at
7-7. It was back and forth
until the Mustangs took it
out to a 13-10 lead. The
Rockets battled back to tie
the score at 14-14. Heppner
then trailed briefly until tak-
ing the lead for good at 19-
18. The Mustangs battled
until the end and got the
win 25-21.
The second set was
as exciting as it can get.
Heppner was down big at
the start and finally tied
the score at 9-9. They then
again trailed the Rockets
until taking the lead 14-13.
The Mustangs continued to
lead the set until the Rock-
ets tied the score 21-21.
Heppner then went down
by 1 point but battled back
to tie it. They did that sev-
eral more times until they
got ahead 25-24. Heppner
couldn’t put the Rockets
away and then trailed Pi-
lot Rock 25-26. Heppner
fought back to tie the score
and then take the lead 27-
26. The Mustangs then
secured the final point and
won the set 28-26 as the
crowd went wild.
The third and final set
was the closest of them all.
Neither team led by more
than two points until the
very end. There were six
ties and three lead changes
in the set. The teams were
last tied at 20-20 and that’s
when the Mustangs took
control. They stretched the
lead out and won the set
25-22.
Madison Combe was
a perfect 16-16 serving.
Sophie Grant was 19-20
and Sydney Wilson 12-13.
Wilson led the team with
27 digs and Morgan Correa
had ten. Grant let the team
with 12 assists and Jacee
Currin had nine. Correa tal-
lied nine kills in the match
and Jenna McCullough had
six kills and three blocks for
the Mustangs.
The win put the Mus-
tangs in the championship
match against the number
one ranked team in the
state, the Culver Bulldogs.
Heppner had defeated the
Bulldogs once in confer-
ence play and was tied with
them in the final league
standings. A tie breaker put
the Bulldogs as the number
one seed at the district tour-
nament.
Culver came out strong
and stayed that way for the
entire match. They were
fresh as they had not played
yet and the Mustangs had
just finished a tough and
emotionally draining
match. Culver took control
of the first set after a 2-2 tie
and pushed their lead out
and eventually won 25-15.
In set number two, after
a brief 2-1 Heppner lead,
Culver took control and
led the rest of the way and
won the set 25-16. The third
and final set saw the Mus-
tangs really challenge the
Bulldogs and even tie the
score two times. The last
time was at 13-13. It stayed
close for the remainder of
the set but the Bulldogs
would eventually win the
set 25-21.
Sophie and Madison
were both 7-7 serving the
ball for the Mustangs.
Claire Grieb was also per-
fect from the service line
going 2-2. Sydney was
kept busy on defense as
she recorded 38 digs in the
match. Morgan had 13 digs
and Sophie recorded 11.
Sophie also had five assists
for the team while Jacee
tallied three. Morgan led the
team in kills with three and
Jenna and Nicole Propheter
each had two. Morgan and
Jenna both had four blocks
in the match and Tresslyn
McCurry finished with two.
The second place fin-
ish at district means that
the Mustangs will play on
Saturday, Oct. 28 at a place
and time that is yet to be
determined. If they can win
that match they will head
to the State Tournament in
Redmond on Nov. 3-4.
4-H fair results continue
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